Exploration of Working Situation and Competencies for Anesthetic Nurses in Taiwan：A Preliminary Study for Modular Courses of Employability

• Main Authors: Chen, Yi-Chun, 陳怡君
• Other Authors: Man-Ying Fang Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04469010590075486259

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 醫護教育研究所 === 100 === This study aims to explore the working situations and practicing competencies of anesthetic nurses in Taiwan hospitals, and to examine the importance and frequency of occurrence of these set items. We analyzed the expected practicing competencies of anesthetic nurses in three different working stages（hiring, initiating and ongoing）. The entire research was conducted with the modified Delphi Technique in two phases. During the first phase, data regarding competencies in knowledge, attitude, skill and culture were collected by performing methods of deep interview and literatures-review to modify the first-rounder questionnaires of Delphi Technique. Secondly, the data was composed into a questionnaire and 28 senior anesthetic nurses were invited to answer this questionnaire in three rounds. The completion rate for all 3-rounds of the questionnaire was 100%. Quantitative data collected from all three rounds of the questionnaire were then used to conduct descriptive statistical analysis (using means, standard deviation, modes, and interquartile range). Questionnaire descriptions were then modified, added or deleted using the induction method. The results indicated that (1) Working situations were composed of 8 categories, including 86 items. The working situations which were graded as highly valued in both importance and occurrence included 6 categories and 16 items (36%), highly important but moderate occurring situations included 8 categories and 31 items (45%), and highly important but low occurring situations included 7 categories and 39 items (45%). (2)The practicing competencies had a total of 8 categories, including 137 items. The practicing competencies which were graded as highly valued in both importance and occurrence included 8 categories and 120 items (87%), the competencies valued highly important but moderate occurring had 2 categories and 5 items (14%), and highly important but low occurring practicing competencies included 4 categories and 12 items (9%). Further analysis of practicing competencies showed that anesthetic nurses in the hiring period had competencies in 8 categories and 119 items, nurses in the initiation period had competencies in 7 categories and 16 items, yet one category and 3 items of practicing competencies are not to be categorized owing to reach less 50% consensus. Furthermore, not only could these results facilitate teachers in designing anesthetic nursing modular curriculum, be the foundation to construct working standards, help arrange teaching contents and sequences, and also facilitate learners to choose the curriculum by themselves. In the meanwhile, these valuable data could be offered as the guideline for the development of continuing education and the assessment of training effect.